# contemporary

Pronunciation: US say "kuhn-TEM-puh-rair-ee" /kənˈtɛm.pəˌɹɛɹ.i/; UK say "kuhn-TEM-puh-ruh-ree" /kənˈtɛm.p(ə).ɹəɹ.i/

## Adjective

1. Existing, happening, or made in the present age; modern and up to date.
   - Simple: Belonging to the present time, and happening or made now.
   - _Contemporary architecture often favors open, flexible spaces over rigid rooms._
   - _The gallery focuses on contemporary art produced within the last decade._
2. Existing or occurring in the same period of time as another person or thing; contemporaneous.
   - Simple: Living or happening at the same time as someone or something else.
   - _Dickens was contemporary with several other celebrated Victorian novelists._
   - _The two trading civilizations were contemporary, exchanging goods across the sea._

## Noun

3. A person or thing living or existing during the same period as another; also, a person of roughly the same age as someone else.
   - Simple: A person or thing from the same time as another, or a person about the same age as you.
   - _As a contemporary of Darwin, she encountered the same scientific controversies._
   - _The painter is best understood alongside her contemporaries in the movement._

## Noun

4. A competing newspaper or magazine published during the same period. *(dated)*
   - Simple: A rival newspaper or magazine that comes out at the same time.

## Origin

Latin con- ("with, together") joined temporārius, an adjective built on tempus ("time"), to make Medieval Latin contemporārius, the source of the word.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/contemporary (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).